Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-02
A BICYCLE TRIP.
New Haven Young Men Take a Spin
 over Prussian Roads.

over PrussIaR Roads. | Following is an extract from 8 letter from Mir. Joseph Rice of this city, former pupil of Professor Stoeckel. The young gentleman | is now pursuing his musical studies further | in Leipsic, and the letter tells of a bicycle trip of seventy-six miles made by him and two friends, one of them Mr. Haines, also oi this city:
 DRESDEN, Saturday, April 9, 1SS7.-We are now in the Hotel Wieman and it is half past ten D. m. and we are very tired and are soon going to bed; we have ridden seventy miles on our bicycles to-day. Tharandt is a very pretty little village nine miles from Dresden. We have been up in the noun tains and from there had a view of the castle of Frederick August Albert and Polish counts castle The Albert castle is in ruins. The road from Dresden to this place is beau tiful, being between two mountains along side of the railroad. And such magnificent scenery! Four miles of this road goes along side of the river Elbe. We touched the riv- CT about p. m., and it was most beautiful sight to see the moon rising. We met any number of bicycles and tricycles on the road to-day, as the Leipzig bicyclists took run
 
 Ca village) over night at Hotel Blauen Stern and we all roomed together. After break fast the next morning we crossed the river Elbe and took view of the old castle of Meissen (fron distanee), which stands on high hill and was grand, and during the af- tsrnoon we the new theater and museum and Garden of the Belvedere, which is used in summer for concerts, and is situated twen- ty feet above the streets on the river Elbe and commands fine view of the two bridges and wharves lying there at the foot of the garden. We are now at the concert hall of the Belvedere on the Elbe and are all sitting at a table listening to concert and the place is packed with people eating, drink ing and smoking while the concert is going on (and are at the present time playing fan tasie by Goldmark) At the entrance of the Belvedere are four statues, all gilded, and the gilt on them cost 10000 marks. After din ner today we took walk in the great gar- den, which contains the hunting castle of August the Strong, and while we were there we had the honor of seeing King Albert talk ing walk around the garden; he then got in his carriage and drove off. We also saw the kings castle and the Russian church and the new Cafe Wieman and had all marble inside and is perfect ly grand. I should like to have gone to some theater or opera, but they were all closed on account of the Easter hol- idays and will have to wait till 1 come again sometime. I have seen great deal of this part of the country since Friday, as we have ridden one hundred and five miles since we left Leipzig, and I expect to see great deal more of this country during my summer va- cation as the roads are fine, and expect to go to Paris on my bicycle then. We got back from Dresden to Leipzig in nine hours and thirty-five minutes. seventy-two miles, in- cluding stops and all. I rode at the least ten miles with my feet over the handles, it being down grade, and we had such perfect weather, and taken in all enjoyed our trip very much and hope it won't be great while before we can go on another such trip.
 Prof. Spencer F. Baird, the well known scientist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, is quite i'll at his residence in Washington of an affection of the heart and I1